STEAM教育 STEAM Education

STEAM教育
STEAM Education

Rui Li graduated from the Capital Normal University with a major in Computer Science. She has extensive experience in teaching information technology, coaching students in related competitions, as well as authoring and publishing curricular materials on this subject for middle school students. Currently the Director of the Beijing Bayi School Information Technology Center, Ms Li’s research interests lie in STEM+ education, and she has also published extensively on this subject in various journals. She is also the lead teacher of the Bayi Youth Satellite project.

Natalie Rusk works as a Research Scientist in the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Laboratory developing creative learning technologies. She is a lead developer of Scratch, a graphical programming language that enables young people to design and code interactive animations, games, and other creative projects. She is one of the leaders of the MIT Media Lab online course, Learning Creative Learning.
In 1993, she started a model after-school program called the Computer Clubhouse, which now has 100 sites in 20 countries.

Andrew Sliwinski is a Research Scientist with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on the intersection between learning, creativity, and technology.
Among his active research projects is Scratch where he serves as Design and Engineering Lead – an online community and tool for kids to explore their creativity through computing which reaches over one hundred million children every year. Prior to joining MIT, Andrew co-founded the learning community DIY.org for kids.
As a designer and engineer, Andrew has worked with various organizations during his career including: Google, LEGO, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota, Ghostly International, The Aspen Institute, and Code for America. His work as a creative technologist has been displayed in The Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Carnegie Hall. His work has been profiled by Wired, The New York Times, and Fast Company.

Ms. Haihong Sun is an innovation strategy and design thinking expert with over 18 years of professional experience in both US and China.
Before launching the Youth Innovation Academy in China, Ms. Sun was the General Manager for Continuum Innovation Consulting’s China Office and S.Point Design based in Shanghai. She was previously the COO of Banking & Client IT Department for Investment Bank Credit Suisse Group, based in New York City.
Ms. Sun holds an MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MS degree in Information Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology and a BA from Oriental Studies Department at Peking University. Ms. Sun has three children at 10, 6 years and 7 months of age. They are all deeply addicted to hands-on creativity.

Yifei Xu is a student from the Beijing Bayi School. With a passion in science, she has won various science and technology related awards. Yifei has also founded the Science Enrichment club at her school, a club focusing on doing hands-on physics and chemistry experiments. She is also the chief designer and the leader of the power system group in the Bayi Youth Satellite project.